{"138271":{"#nid":"138271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researcher Guidebook Aims to Improve Industry-University Partnerships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce its collaboration on a new publication aimed at helping industrial and institutional researchers work together more effectively.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.industry.gatech.edu\/files\/UIDP-Researcher-Guidebook.pdf\u0022\u003EResearcher Guidebook \u003C\/a\u003E\u2013 A Guide for Successful Institutional-Industry Collaborations\u201d is now available online as a resource for active researchers from academia, government labs and industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think the guidebook will be tremendously useful for faculty, helping them better position research proposals and research work for industry sponsors,\u201d said Jilda Garton, vice resident and general manager of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation and\u0026nbsp;immediate past president of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/uidp\/index.htm\u0022\u003EUniversity-Industry Demonstration Partnerships\u003C\/a\u003E (UIDP). \u201cFor both industry and university collaborators, it\u2019s useful to understand what the other party is going to expect and how it is going to perform.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis practical manual was prepared by a working group of the UIDP, an organization of universities and companies convened by the National Academies to enhance the environment for university-industry partnerships in the U.S.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is a founding member of the UIDP, and its participation in the organization supports the Institute\u2019s strategic mission to improve the ecosystem for industry-university collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea for the guidebook was born out of a UIDP meeting hosted by Georgia Tech in March 2010, when a series of presentations about collaboration between research teams at Georgia Tech and Kimberly-Clark pointed out challenges in working together. Once the guidebook project launched, more than 30 UIDP member organizations and institutions contributed to its development.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe guide is divided into two sections \u2013 one to address issues specific to university, nonprofit and government researchers and another focused on issues specific to industry researchers. By presenting these two different perspectives, the guidebook identifies key elements for developing more successful collaborations and provides practical advice on a range of topics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Corporation holds the copyright for the guidebook and is helping the UIDP manage public access.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe guidebook project was led by John McEntire from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy, with co-chairs Dudley Sharp, recently retired from Arizona State University, and Rebecca Silverston-Keith from Lexmark International.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout the UIDP\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe UIDP exists for industry, academia and other research and innovation organizations, such as national labs, hospitals and nonprofit research labs, to work together to enhance the environment for university-industry partnerships and research collaboration in the United States. UIDP provides a forum for university and industry representatives to meet and discuss contracting and intellectual property policy, publication and technology transfer preferences, and other issues. To learn more, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uidp.org\u0022\u003Ewww.uidp.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAbout Georgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u2019s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s\u003C\/em\u003E top public universities, the Institute enrolls 21,000 students within its six colleges. Georgia Tech is the nation\u2019s leading producer of engineers as well as a leading producer of female and minority engineering Ph.D. graduates. Holding more than 780 patents and receiving approximately $570 million in sponsored awards, Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\u2019s top ten universities (without a medical school) in research expenditures. Visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is pleased to announce its collaboration on a new publication aimed at helping industrial and institutional researchers work together more effectively.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech is pleased to announce its collaboration on a new publication aimed at helping industrial and institutional researchers work together more effectively."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-06-28 13:07:50","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:26","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"138281":{"id":"138281","type":"image","title":"Researcher Guidebook","body":null,"created":"1449178698","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:18","changed":"1475894769","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:09","alt":"Researcher Guidebook","file":{"fid":"194870","name":"20120627101858224.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20120627101858224_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/20120627101858224_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":56003,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/20120627101858224_0.jpg?itok=1IGahItD"}}},"media_ids":["138281"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.industry.gatech.edu\/files\/UIDP-Researcher-Guidebook.pdf","title":"Researcher Guidebook"},{"url":"http:\/\/sites.nationalacademies.org\/PGA\/uidp\/index.htm","title":"University-Industry Demonstration Partnership"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"37461","name":"Researcher Guidebook"},{"id":"13072","name":"University-Industry Demonstration Partnership"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}